Cat People vs. Dog People

Re:Cat People vs. Dog People by honkhonkpants on Monday August 08, 2016 @07:17PM (#12251463)

Is that what FB does? Or do they just use their data internally to target ads, without handing the data to the advertisers? I honestly don't know but I do know that people are always saying that Google sells your information to advertisers, and they don't. So I'm skeptical of this claim.

Anyway, maybe this whole analysis was based on public profile data.

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Re:Cat People vs. Dog People by saghm on Monday August 08, 2016 @08:28PM (#12251755)

In this case, I don't think the distinction is really that important; I think checking if someone is single or in a relationship to target them with an ad is more intrusive than checking if they're in a group of a few dozen thousand people who are single and like cats.

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Re:Cat People vs. Dog People by xanderstrike on Monday August 08, 2016 @08:05PM (#12251670)

If either of these companies actually sold the data they've collected they'd hurt their own competitive advantage.

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